Report: Nico Almost Sat Out Playoff Game

[LordVOLdemort]

Nico? Never heard of her.

I’m ridin’ with Missle Merk!

 

[FortSanders]

Nah, fairly sure JG could’ve snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Nico wasn’t good but he wasn’t that bad either.

My favorite JG game was the one where he changed the play, held the ball and tried to score a TD. Instead he fumbled it, the other team recovered and ran it back 100+ yards for a touchdown. But for that play, Tennessee would have won the game.

 

[LAVol1]

We don't want to be in that business. One of the blessings of having NI hit the portal now is we avoid a potential public spat about $ at the end of next year, if his behavior regarding obligations worsened. Nobody wins in that scenario.

Bad precedent. If he's not held accountable, then why should anyone else meet their contractual obligations.

 

[MajinBooCarter]

We don't want to be in that business. One of the blessings of having NI hit the portal now is we avoid a potential public spat about $ at the end of next year, if his behavior regarding obligations worsened. Nobody wins in that scenario.

Shoulda been preparing to head to the draft at the end of this season, dont think there would have been a spat about money unless the season went bad enough that he wasnt projected as a first rounder at which point their would be no leverage for more money.

 

[Mccage]

I thought he did

 

[Orange.]

Is Josh Pate going to release the names of the other players at other schools that he claims did the same thing? Why is he holding that back?

 

[hardyemt_p]

His arse would have been fired right then!

 

[Revived2002]

College football is dying right in front of us.

I agree with this!

 

[DaddyChad]

My favorite JG game was the one where he changed the play, held the ball and tried to score a TD. Instead he fumbled it, the other team recovered and ran it back 100+ yards for a touchdown. But for that play, Tennessee would have won the game.

The called play also would’ve likely scored.

 

[ATLVols]

That explains more why the offense laid an egg in the playoff game. The offensive line didn’t block well and the WRs didn’t get open. Maybe they were sick of laying it on the line for that fool.

 

[gunner]

I’m not buying it, I’m going to need more than one vague accusation. If multiple people are saying it then that’s definitely different but at this point there’s nothing to substantiate his claim.

 

[UTblood4life]

Reminds me of the Ball family saga

 

[m1al]

College football is dying right in front of us.

Many things are dying right in front of us......

 

[norrislakevol]

It's situations like this that will lead to players eventually having to sign contracts to be actual employees of the school. You can't renegotiate it until your first contract is up. Players unions, all that crap. It's coming.

 

[midnight orange]

Is Josh Pate going to release the names of the other players at other schools that he claims did the same thing? Why is he holding that back?

Because sports reporting as an industry is fake. It takes an event like Nico leaving before the truth (if it’s even true) comes out. Almost all the “reporters” (especially local) knew what was going on behind the scenes for a while. Nico leaving gave the the green light to finally report it. What these ”reporters” report is for the most part is what the university allows them to report.